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Using Homophones
Never mix up principle and principal again with a helpful homophones worksheet. Featuring ten pairs of words that have the same sounds but different meanings, the worksheet prompts your class to fill in the blanks with the appropriate...
Student Handouts
Blank Crossword or Word Search Puzzle Grid
Invite pupils to create their own original word searches or crossword puzzles using your class vocabulary lists. This blank grid can accommodate just about any list of words for any subject.
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New Words: Make a Conservation Dictionary
Gosh dictionaries are great, and your class gets to make one of their own. They look up and write down the dictionary definition to nine words related to conservation and pollution prevention. They list their words alphabetically for...
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Spelling
After viewing this slide show, which goes over the mosts common reasons for misspellings, students take a short quiz. They must choose the correct version of the underlined word in each sentence, or choose option D; which means "no...
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Synonyms and Antonyms
Mix up your writing lessons by having kids look at recent newspaper articles instead of their own work. They work in pairs and rewrite sports news articles using synonyms and antonyms for a set number of words. Then they share their work...
Anchorage School District
Transition and Closing Words
Provide young writers with a printable that lists suggestions for and examples of transitional sets and closing words. Also included are some suggestions for what to avoid in closing paragraphs.
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Student Word Wall Template
Make those math terms easier to remember with these word wall cards. Learners can write in a definition and complete with a picture to help them associate the vocabulary term.
Jefferson County Schools
Inside Out Vocabulary Words
Vocabulary words from Francisco Jimenez's autobiographical novel, The Circuit, are featured in a 17-slide PowerPoint presentation that not only provides definitions for the words but also illustrations and photos to provide context.
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Revising Writing: Plain English
Eschew obfuscation! Using dictionaries, writers revise a complicated text so that it reads more simply and improves the clarity of the passage. Focusing on word meanings, they revise the sample worksheets and then present their...
Amateur Athletic Foundation
Olympic Lingo
Instead of bingo, why not play some Lingo? This vocabulary game is just like bingo, but it's all about words and focuses on building vocabulary. The resource provides a blank Lingo card, a filled-in sample, and a vocabulary list. All of...
Word Up Project
Mini Games
You've got a few minutes left at the end of class to practice vocabulary, but what can you do other than call out a word and ask for definitions? Play one of these 12 quick games! Each game is explained in detail and easy to modify for...
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Reading Vocabulary Definition Test
For this vocabulary definition test worksheet, students listen to oral definitions and write the words and then create sentences using given words. Students write 25 answers.
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My Spelling Words and Dictionary Guide Words
In this spelling word practice worksheet, students practice reading and writing the given spelling words which include crunch, joust, victorious, and cherish. They write the word on the blank line, and look it up in the dictionary. They...
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Word Detective
In this word analysis worksheet, students use the graphic organizer to copy the sentence where the word was found, identify the context clues, the part of speech, create a personal definition and sentence, and draw a picture of its...
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Word Search
In this finding words written across, backward, up, and horizontally worksheet, students use words and phrases defining the words and shaded letters showing the first letters of the words to find the words in the crossword. Students...
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Latin Word Study
In this word study worksheet, learners fill in a two page chart of root words, prefixes and suffixes. They write example words and their definitions.
Pennington Publishing
Vocabulary Worksheet #1 & #2
These two worksheets cover several grammatical topics. Pupils work on words with multiple meanings, Greek and Latin word parts, word connotations, academic language, and more. The result is seven quick exercises that could be used...
Scholastic
Bingo Lingo
Word roots can be great fun when part of a game! Practice a variety of different roots with this nicely put-together bingo game that comes with plenty of instructional ideas.
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #154
In this spelling activity, students practice writing and reading their spelling words. They look the word up in the dictionary and identify the guide words on the page. Students write the definition of two spelling words. All words...
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My Spelling Words: Spelling List #141
In this spelling worksheet, students write and spell 12 given words. Next, they identify the words in a dictionary and write the guide words on the worksheet, Students write the definition of two words. All words contain "ie."
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Rhyming Words
In this rhyming words worksheet, 4th graders complete activities such as circling rhyming words, writing rhyming words, and more. Students complete 6 activities.
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Grammar: Possessive Pronouns
In these possessive pronoun worksheets, learners review definitions and examples for singular and plural possessive pronouns. Students complete three pages of activities for the pronouns.
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Worksheet 6. Which Word Belongs?
In this word group activity, students write the word from the word pool that belongs in each word group. There are 10 word groups on this page to complete.
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Unlocking Word Meanings
Fourth graders investigate eponyms in the English language. In this eponym lesson, 4th graders participate in a teacher led lesson on the definition of an eponym. They complete a worksheet in which they determine which eponym became part...